Le added that there was an enduring relationship between school segregation and housing segregation.
Other papers and research study findings shared included a study about how key individuals in Omaha, Neb., fought for legislation to create a cooperative “learning community.” The initiative would unify 11 school districts in an effort to share resources and discourage socioeconomic disparities.
The event was also co-sponsored by Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., the Center for Civil Rights at the University of North Carolina School of Law, the University of Georgia Education Policy and Evaluation Center and the Forum for Education and Democracy.
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